Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c08d26edf4b8991…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.1 KB
MD5: 1671eae429f9e8d5103c7220b24728d3 SHA-1: 27ba45c8ead52bcb57810c09b22396d28491d396 SHA-256: 2c08d26edf4b8991313020488bbfb6c2dbc8562d63fefeef2e477361b7b6284b
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream exhibits obfuscation and uses eval() and String.fromCharCode(), suggesting malicious intent. The deobfuscated JavaScript file 'acroform_b64_00.js' is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The extracted file names and the nature of the heuristics point towards a downloader or dropper functionality.

Heuristics 5

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
0d7f118cd3e219aef262c9874f857c9e3c1edd272fd33a27d670058e1de9fd20
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6377 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
d1f8cb40ce68eb52c68b5069e3afdfeb1e7ae0972464a0d47c1d8b70f19a9f2f
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3628 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).